Quiet Girl's Guide to Violence

The Trailer

About

A victim of childhood bullying decides she will no longer suffer silently in this darkly comic story of revenge and Christmas.

The film was shot over nine days in beautiful Austin Texas, The story follows Holly, a girl you would probably never notice, but she would notice you. Holly looks like she was home schooled until she was thirty and we quickly learn that she's seriously damaged goods. She's not okay, but she sort of almost starts to become okay after she encounters the man that was her childhood bully and deals with him in a fashion that her therapist (if she had a therapist) would definitely not approve of. After that episode, she becomes more empowered in her regular life and her dealings with other seeming bullies she finds there. But it's a slippery slope, revenge, and when you choose violence as a means to end, well it usually doesn't end well. NO SPOILERS here, that's just life.

Maybe.

The idea originated from an episode of Project Rant that Rafael and I worked on together. Project Rant is a hilarious webseries that takes craigslist-style anonymous internet rants by real people and has actors perform them as monologues. The rants have to be word-for-word, true to the original content, but Rafael and I took some liberties with how we presented the material, adding the idea of this girl just waiting in a parking lot...with a baseball bat. Afterward, we found the idea of this character lingered. Youtube commenters seemed to agree, it seemed there could be an audience for more of her.

Holly isn't at all the same as the person in the rant, but it was the spark for the entire premise of our script. So in a way, I guess you could say this film is based on a true story.

The film is set around Christmastime. I hope you enjoy it. –JMJ

RAFAEL ANTONIO RUIZ

DIRECTOR/ CO-WRITER

Rafael is the co-writer/director of Holy Hell (2009 Austin Film Festival selection) which was the first movie to premiere exclusively on the iPad. He also was the designer of the iOS app. A former Concept Director for Killspace Entertainment, he was a writer on the Atari's remake of Yar's Revenge (2011). He currently films the wine web series Artiste Impressions and develops projects with several transmedia companies in both Los Angeles and Austin.

JENNYMARIE JEMISON

PRODUCER/ CO-WRITER/ LEAD ACTRESS

Jennymarie has wanted to build her own franchise since back in her video game days as part of the design team for Rockstar Games. TQGGTV is her first foray into writing and producing. As an actress she has appeared in numerous independent films, web-series, theatrical productions and national network commercials. You can follow her further adventures on austinactress.com.

Rafael Antonio Ruiz
& Jennymarie Jemison
team up for The Quiet
Girl’s Guide to Violence.

News, Press & Screenings

QGGTV NEWS FEED

Quiet Girl Premieres on Steam!

posted by JMJ
6/1

We are very pleased to announce that we quietly became the very first narrative short to premiere on Steam! We are so stoked. And really, just so glad to have partnered with our friends at Devolver Digital. They are the reason we are now on a gaming marketplace, as they straddle the indie film and gaming worlds in a way that no one else does. They also love straddling things. Because they are good at it.

This site recently got hacked and we lost all of our news posts, so if you are just discovering our movie via Steam, and the life of an independent short film interests you, you unfortunately can’t see our whole journey here. You can see it over on our Facebook page (pretty please like us), if you are curious. But the short version is that this film was shot over 9 days in Austin, Texas. It premiered at Fantastic Fest 2012, and then went to film festivals all over the world. We are so so very happy to be enjoying a slightly longer shelf life than most short films are afforded. If you are reading this, thank you for caring about our Quiet little film.

Watch the Quiet Girl’s Guide on Devolver Digital

posted by JMJ
10/10

Imagine yourself at your folks’ house, surrounded by family, basking in the glow of the Christmas tree. Perhaps you’re spiking your eggnog to cope with the idea of having to watch Love Actually yet again. May we suggest an alternative? A Christmas movie like no other. One that fairly guarantees your family’s stunned silence. Quiet Girl is available on Devolver Digital for the low, low price of $1.95. The stocking stuffer that teaches us you get what you deserve.

Super stoked to offer a limited run of an original drawing of Holly by
acclaimed artist Tara McPherson. Large B/W print on Transparent vinyl.
4.75” Silkscreen. 100% UV Protection. 5 Year Effective Outdoor Capability

Archival print. 18” x 23”. Featuring the original GGGTV illustratation by
comic book artist Phil Noto. We have just started our festival runs, so we will
print when we have a few more festival laurels to include. (Fingers crossed).